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Anil Khanna, AITA Secretary General, presented the cheque at a felicitation function here which was attended by former Davis Cuppers from the national capital like Sumant Mishra, Balram Singh and Vishaal Uppal.
AITA also awarded Rs 50,000 to Yuki's coach Aditya Sachdev, who has been working with the Delhi teenager for the last six years.
"Yuki's win is a very good sign for Indian tennis. He made the country proud. Now he has to perform at the senior level. And AITA will support him for his needs," Khanna said at the function.
Yuki, who is the fourth Indian to win a junior Grand Slam title, thanked the AITA for the financial support. The teen sensation had earlier been awarded Rs 5 lakh by the Delhi government.
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Congratulations and all the best Yuki for his achievments. THis shows that Indian youth are not sicking to cricket only. If everyone goes behind cricket then cricket will loose its glory and it will be a tough task for the lads to get in to the national team. So each sport mainly Hockey as its out national game, should be given equal importance and all the sport items should be brought up so that our nation can be a sporting country with all the lads can be famous and not only Cricketers because except cricketers no one get their stake in the needed percentage and they always complain about this example the complaint of our hockey team for their reward compared the twenty20 world cup win. This should not happen. So its the responsibility of the associations who are behind each sporting item to encourage and facilitate them so that they have the feeling that they are rightly recognized. We always say empty words but never put weight behind the words!! good luck!